Catholic Filipino priest Teresito “Chito” Suganob is finally free, having been held hostage by Islamic State-linked militants for almost four months in the war-torn city of Marawi. According to The New York Times, the priest was rescued late on Saturday by the Philippines military, as it moved closer to rooting out the remaining gunmen from Read more
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Bleeding host said to have hallmarks of eucharistic miracle
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
A bleeding Communion host in Poland deemed by Church authority to have ‘the hallmarks of a eucharistic miracle’ has been approved for veneration. The announcement was made by Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski of Legnica on April 17. On Christmas Day 2013, a consecrated host fell to the floor, the bishop said. It was picked up and Read more
Bleeding communion host inquiry in Salt Lake City
Tuesday, December 1st, 2015Church authorities in Salt Lake City are investigated the case of a communion host that appears to be bleeding. The consecrated host was reportedly placed in a glass of water by a priest to whom it was returned during Mass. Three days later, churchgoers at St Xavier Church in Kearns reported the host had not Read more
Pope’s part in eucharistic miracle revealed
Friday, April 26th, 2013
An account of a eucharistic miracle in Buenos Aires, involving Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio — now Pope Francis — has been published in a Polish-based magazine. The article says a priest in the commercial centre of Buenos Aires was finishing distributing Communion at Mass in 1996 when a woman told him she had found a discarded Read more